Times they are a changin'

So I haven't posted in about 2 weeks. I keep meaning to post, but somehow I either think the post is going to be too short or too long. I want to summarize everything that's going on. But I can't! Soooo I'll just do one of those here's what's going on in Kat's mind right now. All VERY random!

My Aunt and Uncle and their two kids and the boyfriend from the girl were over here today. Ester is 14 now and has grown like 6 inches since I last saw her. She looks really grown up compared to the last time I saw her. Her hair is really short (like almost a boy cut) and I'm highly considering REALLY chopping off my hair. Maybe also doing a little something crazier with my hair. It's almost getting too boring. She brought her boyfriend along on the trip to Berlin with her family. He started out as a pen pal and now they're dating. I personally don't think 14 year olds should date but you know, times are changing...pretty soon having pregnant 12 year olds will be the norm. Her mother really doesn't like this guy and I can see why. He was hanging all over Ester the whole time. Even a couple times she basically told him to get off her and he wouldn't. No mother wants to see a guy hanging all over her 14 year old daughter. WAY TOO MUCH PDA! Plus he's a pompous little ass. He lives in southern Germany though (over 6 hours away from her) so I doubt much will come of this little relationship.
Their super-pda made me think about pda between brimstone and I. I hope that it's not too much. Most of the time we're just goofing off, and messing around. I know I wouldn't be all pda in front of his parents though, or mine for that matter. I mean a little hugging, a little "hey we really do like each other" but not much more than that. But then again, I'm also not 14, and neither is brim.
Continuing on about my cousins, one of my cousins just got engaged. She's 20 now I think, which seems really young. But she's been dating this guy for forever, and they're already living together. Plus as my dad put it "Engagement in Germany isn't like engagement in the U.S. In Germany you place an option and keep looking." So they aren't setting a date for the wedding or anything, but it's still weird. She's right above me in age order of my bajillion cousins. My other cousin (who is 24ish) is expecting another child. His girlfriend got pregnant about 2 years ago and through sheer stupidy and blindness to the truth she didn't find out until a week before she had the child. So they ended up getting married when their daughter was about a year old. And now they're pregnant again. As my brother's girlfriend said "Someone needs to tell them that they aren't catholic!" It seems that everyone's relationships are going to that point. My sister and her boyfriend are living together for a little over a year. My brother is graduating from college in June and then moving in with his girlfriend who will be in graduate school in the U.S. for a year. Sometimes your relationship just seems really insignificant doesn't it.

Look I just posted a soap opera. Oh well! At least I posted something! Six more days until I'm back in Huntsville where I belong!

HAPPY 2006!